Just found this thread tonight and really enjoyed seeing your progress. Congrats on all the work you've gotten done. I too have an 02 T/A and a 78 Martinique Blue T/A. This inspires me to get working on mine again, along with my 14 yr. old son. Look forward to seeing more.

I'm equally impressed. I've been restoring my 1978 and find myself bouncing all over the place from seat tracks, to rebuilding the door latches to pulling the radiator core to sanding the trunk lid to replacing trunk torsion rods to ....

I've been sand blasting all the front hardware as of this month and grinding down the sharp edges from the factory. Have about 2-3 more hours then I'll be ready for the oven and powder coat.

I'm about to pull the engine next so I can blast the frame and powder coat it as well.

I'm looking for a lower left a-arm; the previous owner seemingly ran it on a curb or something. Ground down the arm where the shock is barely bolted on. Go figure!

Keep the pics coming and your experiences shared; We all learn from one another. Take a look at my Daves 1978 restoration if your going to do the seat tracks. I provide a helpful post on how to repair them with pictures. Doesn't come close to your body work though!

I really like how you did the lizard skin on the interior size and also the textured undercoating under the car. Seems like your panels will be sealed and sound deadened very well.

If still looking at leaf springs, check out the Hyperco composite leafs. The spring being much lighter seems like it would have the ability to react much faster versus a steel leaf. Ridetech is now offering them with their new street grip kits and I'm sure other companies like PTFB could supply them as well.

Thanks guys! I am hoping the Lizard Skin and undercoating do keep the noise down. I did purchase some springs for the rear and I will update on the ride height issue. Thanks for the info jonathonar89, I ended up just buying 4 leaf Eaton springs. Haven't made too much progress lately. The body shop search has proven tiring. Everything from outrageous quotes, to I don't have time, to I don't want to tackle a big project, to no response at all. So I still have some leads on "good" body guys, crossing my fingers one comes along soon.